In advance of January's Consumer Electronics Show (CES), a buzz is swirling about new classes of miniature consumer electronics devices and cell phones that pack hard drives. Colorado-based Cornice, so far the only manufacturer of 1-inch microdrives in cell phones, is involved with many of the gadgets due.

"Starting about two or three weeks before CES, some really radical developments will arrive," says David Feller, Cornice's VP of marketing. "Unique types of devices will combine various technologiesMP3, video, gaming, broadband, cell phone, USB storage."

Before then, Samsung plans to ship its SGH-i300 phone, which has a 3GB, 1-inch drive from Cornicethe highest capacity seen yet in a cell phone.

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